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50 Romantic Midwest Getaways
French Lick, Indiana: French Lick Resort
Celebrate your time together at the West Baden Springs Hotel (pictured) or the French Lick Springs Hotel, both part of deluxe French Lick Resort in southern Indiana. On Saturdays, have a romantic afternoon tea under the 600-foot-wide glass dome of the West Baden Springs Hotel as live harp music plays. At either resort, guests love the spacious rooms, spa with couple's massages, restaurants, golf and hiking. frenchlick.com
The Villas at Gervasi Vineyard, Canton, Ohio
Stucco walls, stone fireplaces, flat-screen TVs and large travertine-tiled baths with heated floors deck the 24 suites that opened to complement the on-site restaurant. In the morning, guests brew Italian java and then enjoy fresh-baked breakfast treats (delivered in a charming wooden box) at the communal table in the shared living room. gervasivineyard.com
Suttons Bay, Michigan: The Inn at Black Star Farms
Yes, it's a splurge, but The Inn at Black Star Farms, 12 miles north of Traverse City, coddles you in so many ways. The 10 stellar rooms, named for stars in the sky, feature modern furnishings and luxury bedding. A bottle of house wine awaits your arrival, as does a nightly reception. A gourmet breakfast also is included in your lodging. Explore the property on a guided tour or follow a series of trails around the 160-acre estate. Ask about packages that include extras such as massages, sparkling wine, a bouquet of flowers or balloons, or chocolate-covered strawberries. blackstarfarms.com
Chicago destinations
The Langham Chicago (pictured) Impeccable service begins when a Chanel-suited staff member greets you in the Mies van der Rohe skyscraper in River North. Fine art graces the walls, and the 316 guest rooms (complete with marble baths and rain showers) are some of the most spacious in the city. Take your stay to the next level with the River North Romance package, which includes complimentary champagne, breakfast for two and discounts at luxe Chuan Spa. chicago.langhamhotels.com
The Peninsula Chicago Impeccable amenities give one of the city's luxe properties its sterling reputation, and its on-site dining offers a slice of excellence to those who can't spring for a stay. Refreshed guest rooms include state-of-the-art tablets controlling lights, room temp and the TV. Treat your sweet to the weekend Chocolate Bar, where you can indulge in cacao-based treats to your heart's content while listening to live music and sipping—what else?—a chocolate martini. chicago.peninsula.com
Waldorf-Astoria Chicago It's a boutique hotel that, frankly, doesn't feel like a hotel. And it's a thoughtful place to settle in with that special someone. Rooms boast plush king beds and amazing bathrooms that come standard with mosaic-tiled walk-in shower and a deep soaking tub; many rooms have gas fireplaces and balconies. Dine at Balsan, a classy European-style bistro highlighting the region's finest flavors. waldorfastoria.com
- Photo Courtesy of Steve Eliasen.
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin: Sundara Inn and Spa
The resort, named for the Sanskrit word for beautiful, hides among tall pines on a winding road outside the Dells. Float through a seamless series of hot tubs, steam rooms and heated towels. Privacy is as complete as you want. Couples can take massages in the candlelit Spa Together room. Waiters carry champagne to couples at the poolside fire bowl. Though Sundara provides free chauffeur service to area entertainment, you might not choose to leave. sundaraspa.com
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Columbus, Ohio: Hotel LeVeque
Pamper yourself at this luxury downtown hotel in one of Columbus' most iconic buildings, the 1927 LeVeque Tower. A $27 million renovation included a 6-floor, 150-room boutique hotel with shimmering, celestial-inspired decor. At night, savor the chocolate truffles provided with turndown service, and relax as your room's star machine turns the ceiling turn into a galaxy. hotellevequecolumbus.com
- Photo courtesy of Joe Vaughn/Detroit Foundation Hotel
Detroit: Detroit Foundation Hotel
Vintage and modern touches blend to create a stellar experience at the former Detroit Fire Department Headquarters. The new-in-2017 boutique hotel boasts 100 rooms and the Apparatus Room restaurant, already one of the hottest reservations in town. Enjoy contemporary-style rooms with made-in-Detroit decor (door handles, wallpaper, leather trays) as well as beautifully restored features in the lobby and exterior such as the red arched firehouse doors, glazed wall tiles and original flooring. You're a short walk or ride from downtown mainstays such as the RiverWalk, the lavish Art Deco Guardian Building (with free guided tours), Ford Field and Comerica Park. detroitfoundationhotel.com
Galena, Illinois, destinations
Inn at Irish Hollow (pictured) Fireplaces, whirlpools, hot tubs and a gourmet breakfast will pamper you in the luxurious accommodations at this inn. Choose from five private guest houses or three rooms in the main inn. Guests can also opt for a seven-course candlelit dinner. Hiking (and in season, skiing) trails beckon those who want to explore nature, and nearby Galena holds many attractions as well. irishhollow.com
Eagle Ridge Resort and Spa There are plenty of reasons to plan a trip to Eagle Ridge. You arrive to chocolates, a long-stem rose and champagne. Outdoorsy types can choose horseback riding, hiking, biking and then relaxing in the spa. On-site dining and other amenities mean you wouldn't have to leave Eagle Ridge; it would be a shame, though, to pass up the chance to browse in nearby historic Galena. eagleridge.com
Chetek, Wisconsin: Canoe Bay
Couples come to hide away on honeymoons or rekindle relationships in 23 rooms and cottages around Lake Wahdoon. Favorite activities include canoeing (of course), hiking or snowshoeing on the 280-acre couples-only property, taking horse-drawn carriage or sleigh rides at a nearby farm, having in-room relaxation massages and reading (the resort has an extensive library). Breakfast comes to rooms discreetly, adding to the atmosphere. canoebay.com
Hocking Hills, Ohio, destinations
Inn and Spa at Cedar Falls (pictured) Rekindle romance at this charming lodge. Each of the inn's 12 cottages sits on its own 2 wooded acres; each is outfitted with a deck and a whirlpool hot tub. Gourmet meals round out a weekend of shopping, massages and owner-recommended naps! innatcedarfalls.com
Glenlaurel Inn Couples head here to enjoy each other and nicely appointed cottages and rooms, some with hot tubs and some with two-person whirlpools. Guests can make reservations for five- or seven-course dinners. glenlaurel.com
Branson, Missouri: Big Cedar Lodge
This resort encourages you to elope with a package including ceremony, cake, champagne, flowers and dinner. Everyone loves the attentive service and upscale pine cabins along Table Rock Lake, which make this resort an ideal place to snuggle up by the fire. big-cedar.com
Dubuque, Iowa: Hotel Julien Dubuque
Built in 1839 in what is now known as Old Main District, this recently refurbished boutique hotel appeared in The Bachelor and maintains the romantic atmosphere with a luxury spa and onsite dining at Caroline's Restaurant. Packages include champagne and chocolate covered strawberries. hoteljuliendubuque.com
St. Louis: Moonrise Hotel
This hip, retro boutique hotel is a great choice for spending the night in the Delmar Loop district. The couple's package includes champagne and strawberries, a rose petal turndown, and breakfast in bed. moonrisehotel.com
Stillwater, Minnesota: Rivertown Inn
A stay at the Rivertown Inn feels just like slipping into the pages of a Victorian novel. Each of the nine intricately decorated suites and bedchambers are named for a 19th-century novelist, poet or literary figure. Especially dazzling: The Agatha Christie Grand Suite (pictured) with its Tiffany-style lamps, elegant fireplace and private outdoor garden terrace. Indulgent multicourse breakfasts include dark chocolate pancakes with Belgian chocolate sauce. rivertowninn.com
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Kohler, Wisconsin: The American Club Resort
Celebrate or retreat at this five-star resort. The star of the luxurious rooms is the bed, plush with pillows and draped with a down comforter and Italian sheets. Spa services, meals and special touches make for romance. americanclubresort.com
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Mishawaka, Indiana: Beiger Mansion
A solarium, an outdoor pool and a workout room might eventually pull you away from the sleigh bed, the layers of pillows and custom-made bathrobes at this Neoclassical limestone home. Eventually. beigermansion.com
Athens, Ohio: Bodhi Tree Guesthouse and Studio
It's practically impossible not to relax at Bodhi Tree, whose owners wanted to create a Zen-like retreat where guests can simply breathe and be. With no TVs on site and temperamental WiFi, it's not for everyone. But it's perfect for the couple who wants to unplug. Yoga classes, Thai bodywork, float spa sessions and private yoga instruction are all available for a fee. Or, just wander the property with 50 raised organic garden beds, a small koi pond and bucolic seating areas overlooking a valley. Breakfast comes with your lodging; for lunch or dinner, downtown Athens is about a 10-minute drive away. Hikers will enjoy the proximity to the Hocking Hills, about a 20-minute drive away. bodhitreeguesthouse.com
Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin: Blacksmith Inn on the Shore
Enjoy harbor views after a soak in a big tub at this cozy Door County spot. Nice extras at this Baileys Harbor lodge include in-room whirlpools and gas fireplaces, plus kayaks and bikes. Choose a package to suit your event: honeymoon, anniversary, or just a quiet getaway for two. theblacksmithinn.com
Nebraska City, Nebraska: Lied Lodge
Just the two of you will be coddled while surrounded by natural beauty at this resort owned and operated by the Arbor Day Foundation. Plush and comfy rooms invite you to settle in for an anniversary package, which includes dinner. liedlodge.orgRelated Links
Columbus, Indiana: The Inn at Irwin Gardens
This early-20th-century Italianate-style inn features the original furnishings and sunken gardens built to resemble the ruins of Pompeii, where they will set up romantic treats. Hide away in a luxurious room and indulge in hearty breakfasts. irwingardens.com
Winona, Minnesota: Alexander Mansion Historic Bed and Breakfast
CD players hide in phonographs at this 1886 Victorian mansion. It's run by innkeepers who welcome you graciously, cook amazing frittatas and disappear when you need one-on-one time. All four tasteful guest rooms in this Mississippi River town B&B deliver sumptuous stays. alexandermansionbb.com
Kansas City, Missouri, destinations
Hotel Phillips (pictured) This Art Deco hotel was renovated in 2001 but kept its original 1931 design. Sweeping twin staircases and marble floors lead to comfortably elegant rooms. Check the website for romance packages that include wine, chocolates, flowers and more. hotelphillips.com
Raphael Comfort, service and convenience are the watchwords at this rejuvenated boutique hotel in the middle of K.C.'s upscale Country Club Plaza shopping district. You can expect just the right amount of pampering at the recently renovated Raphael, from the moment the valet takes your keys until the end of the day, when you discover the chocolate chip cookies that accompany the turndown service. Rendezvous for dinner at Chaz on the Plaza for a romantic dinner. raphaelkc.com
Lead, South Dakota: Spearfish Canyon Lodge
In winter, couples on a weekend getaway at this upscale resort in the Black Hills can rent snowmobiles to travel the 350 miles of groomed trails. In summer, they hike trails to waterfalls and canyon walls. When done, cozy up by the massive hearth in the lobby and rest on pillow-top mattresses. spfcanyon.com
Thompsonville, Michigan: Crystal Mountain Resort and Spa
Head to the mountains for some romance. This resort offers packages including dinner for two with wine as well as in-room wine and strawberries. By day, golf, mountain bike, ski, tour wineries and more. The 18,500-square-foot spa promises head-to-toe pampering and wellness. crystalmountain.com
Davenport, Iowa: Hotel Blackhawk and The Current Iowa
Two boutique hotels promise luxury stays in downtown Davenport: The Current Iowa in the 1910 Putnam building and the century-old Hotel Blackhawk (pictured). The Current puts the first rooftop bar in the Quad Cities; the Blackhawk includes a spa and bowling alley. Both offer packages that put a little something extra in your stay, like Paint Your Palate at The Current (champagne with chocolate-covered strawberries, perhaps?) or the Blackhaw's Ultimate Romance Package (with dining credit at Bix Bistro and two spa treatments). thecurrentiowa.com, hotelblackhawk.com
Alton, Illinois: Beall Mansion
The level of pampering and attentive service matches the aesthetics at this elegant and well-maintained mansion. Sumptuous accommodations include whirlpool tubs and fireplaces in many rooms. They'll help couples celebrate honeymoons and anniversaries with special packages. beallmansion.com
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Cincinnati, Ohio: Cincinnatian Hotel
The stylish Cincinnatian Hotel makes an excellent base for a romantic getaway. Book dinner at the renovated 1890s hotel's Palace restaurant or the newer Jean-Robert's Table. Or indulge in room service, popcorn and a movie and never leave your room. cincinnatianhotel.com
Ozarks destinations
Garden House Bed and Breakfast (pictured) Guests enjoy whirlpool rooms and private balconies at this modern, spic-and-span B&B. Bright and airy rooms overlooking Lake Ozark offer a perfect spot for unwinding. A full breakfast is served in the dining room, or you can have it delivered to your room or private patio. thegardenhousebnb.com
Stonewater Cove Resort Guests looking for a quiet, secluded immersion into the Missouri Ozarks will enjoy the 500 acres of Stonewater Cove Resort, which in themselves are remote enough. But surrounded by thousands of acres of National Forest Service land, getting away from it all is truly possible here. All this peace with elegant accommodations. stonewatercove.com/
La Crosse, Wisconsin: The Charmant Hotel
Housed in a former candy factory downtown, The Charmant is the sweetest stay in La Crosse. Guests receive a free chocolate upon check-in, stay in rooms with milk chocolate-color wall accents and can buy chocolates from a 24-hour sweets bar. A classy rooftop bar serves cocktails and wood-fired pizzas, while a French-inspired restaurant with an industrial-chic vibe plates entrees like Parmesan chicken and vegetable tajine. thecharmanthotel.com
Duluth, Minnesota: Canal Park Lodge
Couples looking for an upscale city retreat love this hotel. Balconies face Lake Superior's waves, and restaurants and shops fill a weekend. canalparklodge.comRelated Links
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Indianapolis: The Alexander
Let's say you're hip. Or want to be. Then it's time to check out this boxy glass boutique hotel with a superfriendly staff and a colorful bar near the mod lobby. The 209 sumptuous rooms and suites—many with featherbeds and granite counters—come with Keurig coffee makers and motion-sensor lighting. thealexander.com
Nisswa, Minnesota: Grand View Lodge
Choose from rooms, suites, cabins and townhomes in Minnesota's Brainerd Lakes region. Huge stone hearths, the Glacial Waters Spa and massive windows overlooking Gull Lake beg couples to unwind. grandviewlodge.com
South Haven, Michigan: The Victoria Resort Bed and Breakfast
Relax in luxurious rooms or guest cottages a short walk from the beach and South Haven's many restaurants, shops and other attractions. All rooms feature Victorian-esque décor, spacious modern baths and flat-screen TVs; deluxe rooms offer whirlpool tubs and gas fireplaces. You can borrow bikes to cruise around town as well as enjoy the B&B's pool and tennis court. victoriaresort.com
Milwaukee destinations
Pfister Hotel (pictured) Offering gracious service and style in the heart of downtown, this historical hotel specializes in honeymoons and lets couples escape from interruptions for a day. thepfisterhotel.com
The Brewhouse Inn and Suites The former brewhouse in the late 19th-century Pabst Brewery Hotel complex has found new life as a hotel, with 90 spacious guest rooms surrounding an atrium with six enormous copper brewing vats. Beer and history lovers will enjoy the ambience of the hotel as well as a visit to Jackson's Blue Ribbon Pub in the same building and a tour of Best Place at the Historic Pabst Brewery just across the road. brewhousesuites.com
Fort Scott, Kansas: Lyons Twin Mansions
Enjoy comfortable accommodations, great food, and a spa and a fitness center at these twin Victorian mansions in a leafy Fort Scott neighborhood. Lushly decorated, spacious rooms include amenities such as Wi-Fi, stocked mini fridges and plasma TVs. lyonstwinmansions.com
Lutsen, Minnesota: Lutsen Resort on Lake Superior
Ski or kayak season, this place has the après activity down. After a candlelight dinner, unwind in front of your room's fireplace or in the whirlpool. Special occasions warrant even more special touches. lutsenresort.com
New Buffalo, Michigan: Harbor Grand
Cozy guest rooms offer views of the harbor. Hike along the nearby sand dunes, then sate a guilty craving with 24-hour Ben and Jerry's delivery. harborgrand.com
Oscoda, Michigan: Huron House Bed and Breakfast
The Huron House B&B, a 14-room couples-only enclave, offers luxury resort-style amenities such as huge four-posters with lush linens, fireplaces, Jacuzzis, wide-screen HD TVs, DVD and CD players, private decks and gorgeous views of Lake Huron. A complimentary breakfast (fresh croissants, coffee and juice) is placed outside your door each morning at your specified time. huronhouse.com
Northeast Minnesota: Gunflint Lodge
Snowy cross-country ski trails, cabins with hot tubs and excellent food compete for couples' attention at Gunflint Lodge, tucked into northeast Minnesota's wilderness about an hour inland from Grand Marais. Packages cater to couples being romantic, celebrating anniversaries or on honeymoons. gunflint.com
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Willoughby, Ohio: Louis Penfield House
Twenty miles east of Cleveland, experience a three-bedroom Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian house set on 30 wooded acres as if it is your own. Spend the evening by the fire appreciating Wright's style after a hike along the Chagrin River, which cuts through the property. penfieldhouse.com
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Saugatuck, Michigan: The Belvedere Inn
Pamper your partner with a Sweetie or Lover's package at this Saugatuck B&B that many say is like a mini Versailles. Each of the 10 guest rooms in the restored 1913 mansion has a fireplace to snuggle in front of. Gourmet breakfast is served in the formal dining room. thebelvedereinn.com
Hermann, Missouri: Alpenhorn Gasthaus
Built in the 1860s, this redbrick B&B indulges couples in many ways: private accommodations, gourmet meals, a hot tub under the stars and a wine cellar twinkling with candlelight (numerous proposals have taken place there). alpenhorngasthaus.com
Lawrence, Kansas, destinations
The Oread (pictured) The KU campus spot boasts gracious accommodations, a spa and on-site fine dining. Sip champagne and nibble on strawberries in your room then indulge in a massage. theoread.com
The Eldridge Stay in one of the 48 suites at this historic hotel, established in 1925. Have a romantic dinner at the restaurant or The Jayhawker bar, which serves more than 35 kinds of martinis. eldridgehotel.com


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In a nutsell, the Nashville strip club DJ accusing Kid Rock of attack is now suing him for damages. Here's an excerpt from an article:
"In his suit, [the DJ] Campos claims he's suffered pain and mental anguish in the months after Rock's attack on him, and ever since, has been 'unable to perform social, cultural and business activities.' He's charged the club's owners with failing to take adequate security measures to ensure the safety of their employees. The suit also claims that, because of Rock's aggression, Campos continues to experience 'a loss of enjoyment of life.'"
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Morning Minutes: May 21
Morning Minutes: May 21
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Tarradiddle tar-uh-DID-l (noun) A lie - dictionary.com
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19: Susan Lucci was nominated for the "Best Actress" Daytime Emmy 19 years in a row before finally winning on this date in 1999.
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John Rosholt: Climber and Gambler Disappears in Las Vegas
John Rosholt, longtime climber and professional gambler disappeared in Las Vegas in 2005. What happened?
During the second week of January 2005, John "The Gambler" Rosholt parked his black 1989 Toyota truck in a Las Vegas casino lot, pocketed the keys and disappeared. The 48-year-old climber and professional poker player left behind a tidy townhouse in the upscale Phoenix suburb of Scottsdale on December 28, 2004, for a two-week New Year's holiday. He also left a group of worried friends and a sister who holds plausible hope that he still might be alive. The only substantive hints to his fate are some grainy ATM photos, a credit-card receipt with an unverifiable signature, his missing pack, and the truck, which was discovered last April.
John Nicholas Rosholt III was a climber and gambler. Though he'd done his share of sport routes and bouldering (he consistently won his age division at the Phoenix Bouldering Competition, climbed Hueco V8s and 5.13), it was traditional first ascents and on-sights of 5.12+ trad that set him apart. Rosholt's crack resume brimmed with stiff ticks like Ruby's Cafe (5.13a) and Desert Gold (5.13a). Hailed as one of America's best traditional climbers in the late 1990s, he was known for a methodical, almost scientific approach. Not only could Rosholt calculate the odds on a tough pitch, he could hedge his bets with precise footwork and a sober poker face.
Rosholt was an equally brilliant poker professional. His brand of cards wasn't the boys'-night-out variety with cigars and take-out pizza. It was the real thing. It was common to see Rosholt in a casino like the Bellagio or Mirage, sitting straight-faced in collared shirt and slacks, at a big-limit game with thousands heaped on the green felt table. Howard Lamb, a retired engineer and sometime professional poker player who knew Rosholt for eight years, says, chuckling, "Poker is the easiest way to earn a hard living. I never played as big as John did." Darin Holt, a Bay Area computer engineer who was once Rosholt's roommate, put Rosholt's cool-headedness into layman's terms: "John could have walked out of the pages of a Western. He played with the biggest names in poker, like Doyle Brunson." Brunson helped to revolutionize and popularize poker — a game that's now been played in one form or another by millions. "Not many people can make a living at the game—John certainly did," says Holt.
Both trad climbing and professional poker require the assumption of real risk. Both demand a methodical approach, inherent caution and a fine-tuned judgment for when to back off … and when to pull the trigger. Both activities fed Rosholt's appetite for adventure, whether it was a risky card bluff or a massive runout with a redlining pump. He said that both poker and climbing gave him the same adrenalin rush.
Both games fit Rosholt's personality—a paradoxical blend of conservative and bold. Unmarried with no children or real job, he was a loner whom many knew of, but few really knew. There is something whimsical about a life of gambling and climbing, yet Rosholt's games held real and serious consequences for failure. He was a dreamer who made his ideal lifestyle a concrete reality. Understanding his personality and circumstances — not the piecemeal physical evidence—provides the most compelling clues as to what happened to John Rosholt.
Rush Job
His sister says, "Yesterday was John's birthday."
Jane Rosholt Watkins of Littleton, Colorado, is Rosholt's older sister and it was she who reported his disappearance to the police. That was February 12, 2005, seven weeks after Rosholt left Scottsdale. Watkins continues, "I have a feeling John is still alive. That's why I say it was his birthday, not 'would have been.'" She glances over a living-room coffee table piled with maps, newspaper clippings, photocopied receipts, and sepia-toned images of John as a kid. Though chatty and energetic, Watkins obviously misses her brother. She looks young for her age, especially when she smiles at a picture of "Johnny" as a long-haired boy with an adolescent frown. Then the worry returns and her brows knit. She adds, "John wasn't ever close to anyone and we"—she and her sister Jill—"are the only family he has."
I have visited her twice — the first time to get a feel for Rosholt and the second to test the disappearance theories. Watkins has tirelessly collected information on the case. She's done the work of a private investigator—visiting both Las Vegas and Scottsdale several times, talking to John's friends and visiting his last known haunts.
Watkins pulls out a January 4 calendar page. "The lady at the eyeglass store recognized [a picture of] John," she says. "She was so helpful. She remembered John because he was a mountain climber and needed a pair of prescription sunglasses made up quickly." This was the last confirmed sighting. The extra expense on a rush job (totaling $297) indicates that a usually frugal Rosholt wanted to be outside, probably hiking, in the immediate future. The glasses and a suitably thrifty haircut at Great Clips on January 7 help rule out the possibility of suicide. People about to kill themselves don't usually care about recreation or their appearances.
Watkins gives me some background. "Our mother died when John was 23," she says. "It was rough because she was manic-depressive and drank a lot. Our father died later in a car accident when Jill was in the Canary Islands and John was off climbing. He never got over the fact that he didn't attend his father's funeral. He only found out the day after it was over." John's father was a nuclear geophysicist who, among other things, helped determine the moon's age through analyses of lunar dust. John III inherited his analytic bent. Watkins says, "He had a photographic memory in kindergarten. He knew the names of all the presidents and could name them backwards. His education kind of went downhill from there. I think he was bored in school."
When I first heard of Rosholt's disappearance, I jumped to the same conclusion that most do, that he must have been robbed and killed by shady gambling types. But that's cliché and as the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's (LVMPD) website states, "Myths still prevail … that all adult missing persons are the victims of kidnapping, murders or some other criminal act … the vast majority of reported missing persons are found or voluntarily return home within 48 to 72 hours."
When asked about any promising leads in the case, LVMPD Detective Roberto Juarez says, "There are three possibilities—foul play, a medical emergency or an accident. We have no specific direction and are looking at everything."
Scant hard evidence supports any one of those possibilities. This is what exists: a list of credit- and debit-card transactions from December 20, 2004, in Scottsdale, to Rosholt's final cash withdrawal in Las Vegas, dated January 19, 2005; Rosholt's black 1989 Toyota 4Runner, discovered on April 19 in the expansive parking lot of the Silverton Casino in Las Vegas; security camera images of Rosholt making ATM transactions; signed receipts from credit-card purchases including the final $9 receipt to Sparkle Cleaners, dated January 18, 2005.
Rosholt's credit- and debit-card receipts, his truck and ATM images provide no proof of foul play. Juarez says, "We have security camera shots of John from the ATMs. We can place him here in Las Vegas, alive in January. It doesn't appear he was being robbed or coerced." He adds, "All his personal possessions were in his truck. Though foul play is not ruled out, nothing we have supports it."
At 5 feet 9 inches tall, with a medium build, gray-streaked brown hair, a neatly trimmed mustache and nondescript wire-rimmed glasses, Rosholt could easily blend into a crowd. In all pictures, he's wearing an easy grin—part of his poker face. Brian McCray, Vegas climbing ace and owner of Flyin' Brian Resoles, says, "I met him in Red Rocks at Oak Creek and he had all these free buffet tickets from playing poker. We were totally dirtbagging it and went to Binion's. John was somewhat aloof and always kept a poker face. There were times when he'd be really quiet, but that's just John."
Rosholt deliberately cultivated his unobtrusive persona. Lamb says, "At the table, John dressed almost like a businessman. He was never one to draw attention to himself and he was always very disciplined and knew the odds."
Rosholt once told John Heisel that when he compared his two pastimes, he felt that climbing was the real gamble, the only one where you could lose your life.
Rosholt played the popular Texas Hold 'em and seven-card stud, but his favorite game was Omaha. While Hold 'em is high on the feeding chain—its pace makes it the choice of the World Series of Poker —Omaha is more about waiting for rare instances of enormous advantage. As one poker expert puts it, "Omaha has very little gamble to it, with less playable hands than Hold 'em. It's tortoise poker. Hold 'em is for the rabbits. Generally, winning Omaha players make more money per hour than their equally skilled Hold 'em counterparts." In other words, if you are patient, you can win big. So, with thousands of dollars changing hands so rapidly, a winning Rosholt could have become a ripe target.
Though it's possible that Rosholt wound up in trouble over poker, the people who knew him stress his scrupulous caution when facing the big risks and temptations of the game.
Lamb says, "Vegas is Vegas. There's always danger, and if you walk out with thousands you might make a tempting target. But John was always cautious. He used to keep a safety-deposit box in the hotels where he'd gamble. If he won big, he'd deposit the money and come back later." Lamb continues, "John would deliberately lose a hand if he felt like any trouble was coming."
What's really disturbing to Lamb is the location of Rosholt's abandoned vehicle. "They found his truck at the casino," he says. "The [Silverton] … would be a great place to rendezvous [with someone he met playing poker] for a trip to Red Rocks. He might have invited the wrong person and gotten popped."
Off the grid and due south of the "Glitter Gulch" of downtown Vegas, the Silverton Hotel and Casino is the self-proclaimed "Home of the Best Players' Club in Vegas." Besides hosting former top-shelf musical acts like Hootie and the Blowfish, it's home to a pro bass shop and a host of theme eateries. The Silverton is located off Blue Diamond Highway, the main artery feeding traffic to Red Rocks. It would have been an ideal staging point for Rosholt to meet someone and launch a climbing or hiking foray. But, at the time he vanished, Rosholt was suffering from bursitis in his toe and a shoulder injury, making it unlikely he would go climbing. Maybe he had gone hiking. He had spoken to friends like McCray about a big, undeveloped rock face that he was sure existed—a veritable jackpot for a climber of Rosholt's caliber and motivation. (Watkins once pried out of her modest brother that he'd done up to 300 first ascents.) Maybe he wanted to scope the area. And his blue Arc'teryx hiking pack was missing from among his possessions.
The obvious supposition is that Rosholt met someone at the poker table and walked into a treacherous end. If he was having a winning streak, then he would have had loads of money. John was a creature of habit, and his credit/debit-card record shows an almost clocklike withdrawal pattern. He drew out $200 28 times from December 20 to January 19 (he was scrupulous about soliciting ATMs with no finance charges). That's a total of $5,600. After some digging, Watkins discovered that no deposits were made in Rosholt's account from mid-December on. One can spin these facts in either direction—Rosholt, losing big, kept having to finance his games; or Rosholt, winning big, kept his ongoing investment consistent, judiciously protecting his winnings, maybe for a really big game.
Regardless, it's safe to say that if Rosholt met with a fellow climber or hiker and both got into an accident, it should have raised some attention in the area's relatively small and tight climbing community. If there was no accident, we are left with murder or Rosholt wandering the Vegas area with amnesia.
Were such a hypothetical disappearance to occur anywhere else, one might reasonably expect a quick end to the mystery. But it's alarmingly common for people to go missing in Las Vegas. Detective Juarez says, "I've been here since 1985. This year has been unusually high in terms of missing persons. We are averaging 900 to 1,000 cases per month—you do the math." He adds, "So many folks come here to lose themselves. In this adult Disneyland, it's easy to do."
Juarez says something that points to yet another possibility. "People sometimes have meltdowns and decide they need some time. Some people come and discover demons inside they never knew existed."
Given what we now know, was Rosholt the archetypal control freak? Did he finally snap in the place whose very slogan —"What Happens Here, Stays Here"— encourages escapism? Probably not, but his personality ought to reflect his behavior and, perhaps, offer some clues. Rosholt was not only systematic in his profession, but also calculated in all aspects of life.
Rosholt was neat. He kept his Scottsdale house in immaculate order. Watkins took photos a few months after his disappearance. Though they reveal a bedroom and garage with several months of dust accumulation, all his possessions (including years of accumulated gear and books) are organized.
Such control seemed to pervade every aspect of Rosholt's life—including his diet. Steve "Roadie" Seats, one of Rosholt's climbing partners, recalls his structured Zone diet.
"[Rosholt] was, or is, a freak about that … I remember him opening a can of tuna and only eating half."
Watkins remembers, "John told me, a few years ago, that he figured out that his body-fat count was too low and he had to add three more cashews to his protein powder meals. That was so John."
It's easy to imagine that such control could snap in the face of a profession with so much uncertainty. Though Rosholt was known to have losing streaks up to three months long and lose as much as $6,000 in one night, he always kept an even keel. He told John Heisel, "I try not to get too down when I lose or too high when I win."
But tides of fortune had shifted in recent years. Rosholt took a break from poker, playing the volatile day-trading game, and his income suffered from a slow economy. His 2004 IRS return states a negative income. Meanwhile, his injuries deprived him of his lifelong standby—rock climbing.
Watkins says, "He couldn't climb and I knew it was depressing him. I told him maybe he should get a job, be a climbing guide, work at a gym … but I don't think he liked the thought of losing his independence—years ago he told me he never settled down because, 'There is no way a woman would put up with my poker or climbing schedules.'" Watkins adds, "If John ever had a serious girlfriend, I never heard about it."
It must have been difficult to be 48, in financial straits and alone on the holidays. There was no soothing reprieve like climbing and, according to Watkins, it wasn't Rosholt's style to dive into substance escape. His sense of control, discipline and childhood experience with a manic-depressive, alcoholic mother negated that option. Given his history and circumstances, it's not a stretch to imagine Rosholt having the type of "meltdown" Juarez refers to when he says, "Oftentimes, people who are methodical and controlled have a hard time of it."
Could Rosholt have deliberately disappeared? With his reclusive lifestyle and family history of depression, it's possible. But Rosholt was extremely thrifty and left a lot behind, including decade-old 5.10 Altias and Scarpa Lightnings that had plainly seen multiple resoles.
Watkins says, "He would never borrow a dollar from anyone. He never once asked his friends or me for a cent. He was proud and would always pay his own way. Then again, he'd never offer to pay for your sandwich."
Fugue State
She debunks the idea of any deliberate disappearing act. "There is no way in the world he would walk away from his vehicle, which was full of all his stuff. If he didn't plan on returning, he would not have left his bicycle, new computer or brand-new surround-sound speakers. He would have sold them. He never would have left two brand-new pair of trail-running shoes. And he wouldn't do anything that was not planned out."
Darin Holt concurs. "I know for a fact that John would never walk away from his house." Rosholt had half—over $100,000 —of his mortgage paid off.
Rosholt's guidebooks contain pages full of detailed notes on gear, beta and partner history. His selection of outdoor interest and climbing history books include titles like Yosemite Climber and Games Climbers Play, all in fine condition. There's also a photo album with shots of Rosholt sweating on overhanging Thai limestone, wall-climbing in the Valley and jamming in the desert. A few glossy eight-and-a-half by eleven prints show a topless girl on the beach.
Watkins hands me a photocopied sheet from a textbook on mental-health disorders—specifically, dissociative fugue. The book states, "Dissociative fugue is a disorder in which a person has one or more episodes of sudden, unexpected and purposeful travel from home, during which he can't remember some or all of his past life and either has lost memory of who he is or has formed a new identity."
At first I dismiss the fugue as the analysis of a sister who just wants to believe her brother is alive. But a day later I do some digging. According to psychology texts, people in a fugue state "may disappear, running away to a completely different geographical region and assuming another identity. A bewildered facial expression is a common symptom of the condition that can involve both physical and psychological escape from a stressful environment. The condition often follows interpersonal events in which a person is exposed to rage, threats to their self-esteem and challenges to habitual patterns of impulse control."
Rosholt had the predispositions. He was brilliant and reclusive, engaged in a stressful profession, and possibly exposed to violence or threats.
Rosholt's final credit-card signature was different enough from other existing signatures that the Vegas police started paying real attention. I'm no handwriting expert, but after viewing the signature and comparing it to that on his will and other earlier receipts, I saw a similar script, but one scrawled in a hurry—or under stress. Furthermore, according to Watkins, Juarez mentioned that he felt Rosholt appeared "off" and "confused" in that final ATM shot.
Ask around and you'll get plenty of opinions. Howard Lamb, the poker player, breaks the possibilities down to odds. He says, "I hope they find him wandering around and get him whatever help he needs. But I'd give 50-50 odds on whether he's alive or dead."
Jill Rosholt, John's other sister and a psychic, believes he is hiding out in Mexico. "My personal feeling is John is alive and going through a profound transformation preventing him from being in touch with reality or his loved ones. I am hoping for a miraculous resurfacing. This is based on my intuitive powers, vivid dreams and knowledge of both his personality and circumstances of his disappearance."
Steve Seats says, "I don't think he's dead, and here's why: Rosholt was conservative. He played the odds and always bent them to his favor. The last I heard from him, he was doing this online poker thing out of the Cayman Islands. He'd play three out of the five hands at a time. He had it all figured out. I think he just decided to take a break. I'd lay money on it."
Jane Watkins has her own perspective. As I leave her home, she places her hand on the head of a hip-high wooden bear statue. The bear sits adjacent to the front door, holding a sign carved with the word "WELCOME." She smiles hopefully and says, "John, you're welcome back any time."
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Postscript: In November 2010 Rosholt's remains were found on a ledge in Red Rock Conservation Area outside Las Vegas. Whether he fell soloing or while scoping a route is unknown.


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TUSCALOOSA | A request to rezone the Country Club of Tuscaloosa will come before the Tuscaloosa City Council for the first time tonight.
Plans to rezone the Country Club, which now is zoned for residential use, were endorsed in January by the city's Planning and Zoning Commission, but the matter took until now to reach the City Council.
The reason is that the legal description that created Tuscaloosa's oldest active country club, built in 1920, did not meet current standards, said Al Cabaniss of Cabaniss Engineering, the civil engineering firm working on a project to redevelop the land. Cabaniss said the City Council requires accurate boundary descriptions to authorize rezoning.
The City Council tonight is expected to set a public hearing on the rezoning with a proposed date of April 30 being mentioned. No City Council vote will be taken until the public hearing is held.
Cabaniss said KC LLC, the development company behind the project, is requesting three zoning changes that will allow the residential property to transition from single-family, detached housing to multifamily residential buildings.
Based on an agreement with nearby property owners, a strip of the 90-acre site that is closest to Country Club Drive will remain as R-1 zoning, which allows building single-family homes.
From there, the land will transition to RD-2, a new single-family residential zone that was created as part of the Tuscaloosa Forward process.
That zone, if approved by the City Council, will give way to a new Riverfront Development District zoning, which Cypress Inn operates within now, and an RM-3 zone, the multifamily zoning that also was created during the Tuscaloosa Forward redevelopment planning process.
The new zones "make a lot of sense and give the neighborhood a lot more protection," Cabaniss said. "You've got some local developers in this who really want to do a nice job, and it really is exciting for ... that end of town, the neighborhood and the country club."
KC LLC also includes private investors from outside Tuscaloosa. They include some of the investors who backed other Tuscaloosa developments including the Midtown Village shopping center and apartment development on McFarland Boulevard.
The sale of country club property is contingent on KC LLC getting the necessary city approvals for the development. Initially, KC LLC plans to build 180 apartment and condo units mostly where the country club's driving range is now and in an area next to the tennis club, which the country club has sold.
The units would have one to three bedrooms and would be marketed to professionals and families. The developers also would build roads to the development and other access points linking to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard near the railroad trestle, the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater and the Tuscaloosa Riverwalk recreational trail.
"It truly makes it walkable from here to all those amenities," Cabaniss said. "This is a pretty neat project."
The plans include keeping the 18-hole golf course for now, and Cabaniss said the course will be fully surveyed should the rezonings be approved and the sale go through.
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Transformations and Matrices
- This picture shows an example of four basic transformations (where the original teapot is a red wire frame). On the top left is a translation, which is essentially the teapot being moved. On the top right is a scaling. The teapot has been squished or stretched in each of the three dimensions. On the bottom left is a rotation. In this case the teapot has been rotated around the x axis and the z axis (veritcal). On the bottom right is a shearing, creating a skewed look.
- 1 Basic Description
- 2 A More Mathematical Explanation
- 3 Teaching Materials
- 4 References
- 5 Messages to the Future
Basic Description
When an object undergoes a transformation, the transformation can be represented as a matrix. Different transformations such as translations, rotations, scaling and shearing are represented mathematically in different ways. One matrix can also represent multiple transformations in sequence when the matrices are multiplied together.
Basic Transformations For Graphics
Computer graphics works by representing objects in terms of simple primitives that are manipulated with transformations that preserve some primitives' essential properties. These properties may include angles, lengths, or basic shapes. Some of these transformations can work on primitives with vertices in standard 2D or 3D space, but some need to have vertices in homogeneous coordinates. The general graphics approach is to do everything in homogeneous coordinates, but we'll talk about the primitives in terms of both kinds when we can.
The most fundamental kinds of transformations for graphics are rotation, scaling, and translation. There are also a few cases when you might want to use shear transformations, so we'll talk about these as well.
A More Mathematical Explanation
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Linear Transformations Are MatricesA linear transformation on 2D (or 3D) space is a function f f [...]
Linear Transformations Are Matrices
A linear transformation on 2D (or 3D) space is a function f from 2D (or 3D) space to itself that has the property that
Since points in 2D or 3D space can be written as or with , , and the coordinate vectors, then we see that or
This tells us that the linear transformation is completely determined by what it does to the coordinate vectors.
Let's see an example of this: if the transformation has the following action on the coordinates:
then for any point we have:
From this example, we see that the linear transformation is exactly determined by the matrix whose first column is , whose second column is , and whose third column is , and that applying the function f is exactly the same as multiplying by the matrix. So the linear transformation is the matrix multiplication, and we can use the concepts of linear transformation and matrix multiplication interchangeably.
Matrix Inverses
Transformation Composition Is Matrix Multiplication
Transformations are usually not used by themselves, especially in graphics, so you need to have a way to compose transformations, as in . But if G is the matrix for the transformation g, and F is the matrix for the transformation f, then the matrix product G*F is the matrix for the composed functions gf.
For example, we have the translation represented by the matrix
which represents a move two units in the x direction and one unit in the y direction. If we want to then rotate the same object with the matrix
we can represent the combination of the two actions with a single composed matrix. This matrix is found by multiplying the second action by the first action.
So this matrix represents moving, then rotating an object in sequence.
In the example below, the teapot on the left has just been translated by the translation matrix above. The next image is just the rotation from the rotation images. The two images that follow are the translation then rotation and rotation then translation respectively. This demonstrates the combination of different transformations and how they must be done in the right order.
Transformations and Graphics Environments
Teaching Materials
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Messages to the Future
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Fans celebrate Coen Bros.' film at Lebowski Fest
LOS ANGELES — There were bowling pins, bathrobes, white Russians, and even The Dude himself.
Jeff Bridges and his band performed Friday at Lebowski Fest, but Joel and Ethan Coen's 1998 campy crime comedy "The Big Lebowski" was still the night's biggest star.
Fans of the Raymond Chandler-flavored film filled the Wiltern Theater in midtown Los Angeles to capacity for the annual celebration of the cult classic, which has been staged around the country since 2002. The two-day festival continues Saturday with a costumed bowling party.
"It's the people here that are so awesome," said Steve Lewis, a veteran of seven Lebowski Fests. "It's a community."
The 37-year-old made his own Army dog tags to meticulously recreate one of John Goodman's costumes from the film. Lewis traveled to festivals in New York and Louisville with his friend J.D. Lloyd, who searched eBay to find the exact sweater Bridges wears in the film. ("That's a real Pendleton," Lewis said. "That was expensive.") Lloyd has been to 11 Lebowski Fests and estimates he's seen the film more than 100 times.
Matt Goforth, a bartender working the event in costume, said he'd been looking forward to the shift for six months.
"First of all, I knew it was going to be a good crowd. Second of all, it's a fantastic movie. Thirdly, Jeff Bridges' band is amazing," Goforth said. "It's fun. I've had my picture taken maybe 35 times. It's just a great atmosphere."
The Wiltern Theater was decorated with inflatable bowling pins and the drink menu featured white Russians — renamed Wiltern Caucasians, perhaps in political protest — "made with Ralphs half-and -half." The film opens with the Dude writing a check for 69 cents to buy half-and-half from a Ralphs supermarket to make his favorite cocktail.
Minor stars from the film signed autographs in the lobby before appearing onstage. Among them was Luis Colina, a film editor who said he was working on the Coen brothers' 1994 film "The Hudsucker Proxy" when they decided to write him into "Lebowski." Colina plays the angry Corvette owner who threatens to "kill" the Dude's car.
Bridges and his band performed a 30-minute set that included songs from "Crazy Heart," the 2009 film for which he won the best actor Oscar. Kyle Gass, the other half of Jack Black's band, Tenacious D, opened the evening by singing tunes from "The Big Lebowski."
But fans were most rapt by the movie they'd all seen before. The night culminated with a screening, during which they shouted out some lines and applauded for others.
For Kim Hudson, who came across the movie by accident during a hung-over morning with her husband, Lebowski Fest is a chance to dress up and have fun with fellow fans. The 57-year-old wore a giant homemade hat that looked like a spread of bowling pins. A graphic artist helped her print the image onto foam board, which she hot-glued to a boy's bicycle helmet.
When asked how many times she's seen the film, she responded, "Drunk or sober?"
Connor Linnerooth traveled from North Dakota to celebrate his 20th birthday at Lebowski Fest. He wore a red bodysuit and carried oversized scissors like the Nihilist character that terrorizes the Dude in his dreams. Linnerooth even spoke in the character's accent during an interview.
"Lebowski, he is a very cool guy," he said. "I love the movie and I'm a big fan of it, and I really wanted to be around other people who are also big fans of the movie."
So what is it about this film that draws such a devoted following?
Mike Sullivan, a four-time festival-goer who says he's memorized the movie, has an idea.
"What you got here," he said, "is a bunch of pot-smoking hippies having a good time."


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Mother's Day Lemon Chiffon Cake
May 10, 2009 at 2:50 pm 38 comments
Generally, every baked good I make goes through the same life cycle. I make it because baking is my ultimate form of escape. I focus so hard when I'm baking that all my stresses just melt into the background, and as the pan goes into the oven and I wash the dishes by myself, I just think. And it's utterly relaxing.
I don't give too much thought to what happens after I've finished. So I've got an entire cake, or five dozen cookies. Now what?
Usually my mom and I eat a little of what I make. She doesn't have a huge sweet tooth, so she'll try a small slice or one cookie. I'll try it too, and if I like it, I might keep some and eat it throughout the week.
More than half of what I make, however, is always shared instead of kept at home. My mom sends plates of pretty stacked cookies over to our neighbors, who never bake themselves. I carry treats to school in my plastic cake carrier, stored in my locker until lunch time. And sometimes my mom brings it to work, so that whenever I'm in her office I inevitably get the question, "When are you baking again?"
But this cake. Oh, this innocent looking cake is a completely different story.
The first time I made it, my mother was actually shocked to like it. I had only just gotten into baking, and most everything was too rich or too sweet for her taste. But this chiffon cake, light as air and served without frosting, did it for her. Granted, it's a small cake, but the two of us ate it all by ourselves.
I've made the cake countless times since, for her birthday and other special occasions. Once, over the course of 5 hours, my mom, dad, and I finished the entire thing. We started by cutting equal slices and carefully plating them, passing around forks. By the end, we tore off pieces of cake and brought them directly to our mouths. No utensils required.
Since the first time I started baking, my mother has enjoyed many more of my desserts. At least she doesn't cringe when I ask her to try something with chocolate oozing out of it. But this cake was still, naturally, the only thing I even considered making for Mother's Day.
Happy Mother's Day, Mom. I love you. And a happy Mother's Day to all of you, too.
[Note: The recipe can be doubled and used in a 10″ cake pan, just adjust the cooking time accordingly, most likely around 1 hour.]
Lemon Chiffon Cake
Makes one 7″ cake
From Martha Stewart Living
3/4 cup cake flour
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup plus 1 tbsp sugar, divided
3 large eggs, separated, room temperature
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp grated lemon zest (about 4 lemons)
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/3 cup water
1/4 tsp cream of tartar
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
In a medium bowl sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, and 3/4 cup sugar. Set aside.
In a large bowl, whisk together the three egg yolks, oil, lemon juice, lemon zest, vanilla, and water. Stir in the dry ingredients.
In an electric mixer, beat the three egg whites on medium speed until foamy. Add the cream of tartar and beat on high until soft peaks form, 1-2 minutes. Gradually add the tablespoon of sugar, beating on high for about 3 minutes until stiff peaks form.
Stir 1/3 of the egg white mixture into the batter, then use a rubber spatula to gently fold the remaining 2/3 into the batter. Pour into an ungreased 7″ tube pan and smooth the top with the spatula. Bake 45 minutes or until a skewer poked into the cake comes out clean and the top is golden.
Cool the cake upside down by inverting the pan onto a bottle. Let cool to room temperature, at least 2 hours, before running a knife between cake and pan and inverting onto a plate. Dust with powdered sugar and serve. You can also split the layers horizontally and fill with lemon curd, or pour a glaze over the cake. It's also delicious with fresh fruit or ice cream.
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[PS: If any of you are wondering, testing season is not over. I have four more tests to take. But I'm burning out a little and getting a little bit more lax about my free time, and blogging. My last test is on the 22nd, so just two more weeks.]
Entry filed under: Cake/Cupcakes. Tags: cake, chiffon, citrus, holiday, lemon, Mom.
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Looks delish, as usual. You're so close to being done- gl!!
No utensils? That's the best way to eat any baked treat!
This looks so good!
There really is nothing like a light, airy dessert that you can consume all of in one sitting. Yum!
I love that you served this cake without frosting. It has such an understated sophistication to it. So elegant. Great job :)
You're like me! I rarely ever keep the treats I bake at home… people in the office LOVE me! hahaha and I seldom eat much of it, I guess that's the only way to keep yourself from ballooning in size while having a food blog :)
This cake looks very moist, which is nice to see in a chiffon cake. They are usually toward the drier side of things. My favourite kind of desserts are the ones with chocolate oozing out of them, but I know several people who would enjoy this cake much more!
Thanks for sharing :)
To me, chiffon cake = more pieces + less guilt
This cake fits into that equation perfectly! Good luck with exams :)
Lemon chiffon cake is one of my new favs… My mom loved it too. She always has to make some comment about my baked goods. Too rich, too crumbly, needs more this, needs less of that… This cake was one of the first things she was like, huh. That's really good.
It's magic….
Such a nice post dedicated to your mom. It's sweet in many different ways :)
This looks so nice and perfectly textured. I think I'm going to make this soon after I get to VA. It's in the 80s and above there, and a light cake will be perfect. :)
Keep pluggin' away at those exams. They'll be over soon!
This looks so good and it doesn't look to rich which is great!
Ok, when are you moving to Australia and stop depriving me of yummies?
Just pics are enough to make me feel hungry! Yuummmm
yum! looks so refreshing! I've been seeing lots of lemon recipes lately… not sure if I'm just uber-aware of them, or just coincidence.. but I'm happy for all these new recipe finds!
My mum loves chiffon cakes as well, she especially likes earl grey and banana ones :) Good luck with your tests, I'm going through exams too, but due to my ahem poor time management skills, I haven't been able to bake for my mum :(
I am going to try this, with orange I think. Pictures are great!
Wow. I have been eyeing off this recipe on MS and think this is a sign. :)
Tried it yesterday,was a huge success. Although not lemony enough since I put 1 teaspoon of lemon juice and 2 teaspoons of lemon zest because I read the recipe wrong, it was really yummy and dissapeared quite fast :). Thanks!
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Tried this a couple hours ago and it was AMAZING! My mother is just like yours and tends not to appreciate anything too sweet or chocolatey – she had 2 very generous slices of this cake!
I did not have cake flour so substituted 2/3 C all purpose + 4 1/2 tsp cornstarch to equal the 3/4 needed.
Keep up your great work :)
I'm planning on baking this for my mom's birthday in a couple of days, and I was wondering if I could use a Bundt pan instead of a tube pan?
She loves lemon and is exactly like your mom in that she doesn't like over-sugary or dense sweet treats :D
I've heard that a lemon coffee cake is good, what do you think?
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Hmmm can I make this into cupcakes?
I made this cake yesterday in a regular non stick pan, but it stuck anyway! Is there a reason that you say not to grease it? Not that I'm complaining – I got to eat the cake right out of the pan!
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Hi,I tried the recipe but didnt come that good. I used plain flour instead of cake flour. It wasn't light, it was a bit thick and compressed type. Where did I go wrong?
Just curious, do you just have an unlimited amount of money for baking? And if so, how? I love to bake and am in college, but have zero dollars.
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To mark the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens, I posted about Alfred Tennyson Dickens who lived in my hometown of Hamilton. Entitled "What the Dickens?", the post describes my amazement that a son of Charles Dickens could have lived in Hamilton. Alfred left the town due to the accidental death of his wife Jessie.
Yesterday I was in Hamilton for several reasons, one of which was to visit the Hamilton Old Cemetery in search of the grave of Jessie Dickens, and as a result, I had another "What the Dickens?" moment.
My visits to Hamilton are infrequent day trips, so I try to cram in as much as possible. Visits to the cemetery are quick, usually to search for a specific grave or graves. Yesterday was no different, except I had absolutely no idea where in the cemetery Jesse was buried. With Mum, we headed to the oldest and biggest graves.
We found the grave quicker than expected. It turns out the grave of Jessie Dickens is immediately behind my gg grandparents Richard Diwell and Elizabeth Jelly who I have posted about before. We couldn't believe we had previously visited the Diwell plot before, unaware the grave of the daughter-in-law of Charles Dickens was right behind. As we were earlier unaware of the Dickens link to Hamilton, we had not made the connection.
What I couldn't believe was that I had missed the grave immediately behind Jessie's. It was that of Stephen George Henty, one of the Henty brothers, Victoria's first settlers. Stephen, thought to be the most influential of the brothers, was the first to settle inland from Portland, at Muntham, Merino Downs, and Sandford stations.
Both the Diwell and Dickens headstones were chosen by heartbroken husbands, shattered by their wives' premature deaths. Jessie was only 29, thrown from a horse-drawn carriage on Portland Road in 1878 and Elizabeth died at 44 due to complications of childbirth in 1900. I have updated the "What the Dickens?" post with a photo of Jessie's grave.
When I came home, I checked the photos I already had of the Diwell grave, and sure enough, you can see the two other graves in the background. One of these photos appears on the post "Elizabeth Ann Jelly".
The thing that struck me was that within a distance of about 6 metres lay the remains of 10 people. Great Victorian pioneers, Stephen George Henty and wife Jane and their son, Richmond; the wife of the son of one of the greatest novelists of all time and my gg grandparents, Richard and Elizabeth Diwell and four of their children, Ralph, Rebecca, Ernest, and an unnamed baby. Wow!


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The Dark Knight – Movie Review
There is so much to talk about in this film The Dark Knight (directed by Christopher Nolan) but the only one thing that one wants to talk about is Heath Ledger. He's the villain, who plays the Joker, the psychopath that all Batman fans are familiar with. Ledger manages to portray the inner turmoil of a twisted soul so well that he literally quivers with the hate. The hate bubbles and boils on his surface…a hate so cold and sick and uncontrollable that it makes you recoil.
The story (no spoilers)
The movie centers around two other powerful characters…the suave playboy Bruce Wayne alias Batman (Christian Bale) and Gotham city's "white knight" district attorney, Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart). Dent is clean, committed, brave and incorruptible and naturally Gotham city reveres him. Batman sees in him a glimmer of hope for Gotham, someone who can now take over his mantle…root out the corruption and evil and get rid of the gangsters. No, not as Batman, but as a real-life legitimate hero. However things don't go exactly as planned. And how can they when we have the Joker, a man who insists that he doesn't ever plan anything?
There is a lot of violence. Some scenes are not just brutal but horrifying too…and it's as if the director wants you to dwell on them. I didn't like that.
The story was also rather melodramatic and a little stretched. But no, this two and a half hour movie is by no means boring! Its all pure undiluted entertainment which I enjoyed thoroughly.
The action
The pace of the movie is fast. I didn't mind that, but what I did mind was the way some of the action scenes were shot. They made you a little dizzy and well at times it was difficult to figure out what was happening. The other action movie released earlier this year – Iron Man – wins hands down.
Most reviews of this movie (in the United States) praised the movie sky-high and I was wondering whether something was wrong with me because I didn't like the action scenes. Until I read this New York Times review by David Edelstein in which he trashes the action
…the tumult is spectacularly incoherent. Nolan appears to have no clue how to stage or shoot action. He got away with the chopped-up fights in Batman Begins because his hero was a barely glimpsed ninja, coming at villains from all angles in stroboscopic flashes. There are more variables here, which means more opportunities to say "What the f— just happened?"
I cannot disagree with Edelstein. At the same time I did enjoy most of the action, particularly the scenes of a mobile Batman. Even though Batman does a lot of unbelievable stunts (remember, he's human, without superpowers!) the special effects were impressive.
What surprised me was that Edelstein has been receiving hate mail ever since his scathing review! Why can't someone be allowed to not like a movie?? Although I enjoyed the Dark Knight, if I had to look at it seriously, or critically, I can find many flaws in it. Someone did, and well, he had a right to point them out.
One can enjoy a movie despite its flaws, and that is what makes movie viewing so subjective. That is the reason why I avoid giving ratings to a movie.
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I have to mention the music score (by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard) because I loved it!! In fact I found myself listening to the music a lot.
Characterisation and acting
These are comic book characters and thus they need to be taken as such. I wish Harvey Dent's character had been a little more believable though…I just couldn't figure out why he was behaving the way he did! And as for the acting, couldn't find flaws in anyone. They were all good, with the exception of Ledger. Ledger was simply brilliant.
This movie is not one to miss for die-hard action adventure fans. And the bonus is the performance of Heath Ledger. He is not with us today, and there has been speculation that his death was a suicide.
(First photo is from empiremovies and the second from latimes)
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July 19, 2008 7:39 am
This franchise has a crazy fan following…..
No.3 @ imdb top 250.
am not complaining…Batman has always been THE favorite super-hero of mine since childhood.
and The Joker the best villains of all time.
"Why…So…Serious?" 🙂
July 19, 2008 11:54 am
You should read Stephanie Zacharek's review as well.
One of the very few critics who didn't like both the Nolan (Batman) movies. I loved Begins, can't wait to see this one!
Aditi permalinkJuly 22, 2008 6:46 pm
I loved the movie…^__^
"why so serious" is the most unforgettable dialogue ever!
Vikram permalinkJuly 24, 2008 1:16 am
Just watched it yesterday night. I was enthralled by the movie, the action sequences werent all realistic but blended in very well with the story. The only major quirk for me was Dent's sudden transformation, I mean, come on that was so much melodrama.
August 12, 2008 4:39 am
Watched this movie the weekend it was released and thoroughly enjoyed it due to many reasons- Batman is my favorite super hero. After watching Batman Begins, I have been eagerly waiting for the sequel. Heath Ledger, as Joker, was brilliant! I wish he were alive. I think it's his career's best performance. His acting in Brokeback Mountain was phenomenal too. And the bat vehicle…almost took my breath away. 🙂 Couldn't have asked for anything better.
You manage to surprise don't you! 🙂 As you know everyone is missing you in the blogosphere and it's good to know that you haven't given up on it entirely! Thanks for dropping in and hope to see you on your blog soon! 🙂 – Nita.
September 2, 2008 3:10 pm
I think the movie got way more credit than it deserved.
As for harvey dent's character being unrealistic, that is perhaps because very little about harvey dent in the movie is real, except his personality. The circumstances that force him to become two face are quite different in the comics and it makes a lot more sense as to why he "loses it".
And for the second time in a single day, I agree with your opinion about a movie! Maybe I will watch Rock On! Three's a charm…


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Sew two button holes for the straps to pull through.
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